A FINELY CARVED 'PAVILION' RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The thick walls deeply carved and pierced to depict plantain, wutong and maple trees growing by the banks of a river, finely detailed with incised rippled water and blossoming lotus plants, carved to one side with a crouching attendant washing an inkstone beside a large pavilion on the riverbank, the river meandering between the rockwork to the underside of the base, the handle formed by a large pierced rocky outcrop, the interior carved above the handle with a gnarled pine tree with leafy branches growing along both sides below the rim, the material of deep caramel tone with pale amber shading
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) wide, wood stand, box
A FINELY CARVED 'PAVILION' RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The thick walls deeply carved and pierced to depict plantain, wutong and maple trees growing by the banks of a river, finely detailed with incised rippled water and blossoming lotus plants, carved to one side with a crouching attendant washing an inkstone beside a large pavilion on the riverbank, the river meandering between the rockwork to the underside of the base, the handle formed by a large pierced rocky outcrop, the interior carved above the handle with a gnarled pine tree with leafy branches growing along both sides below the rim, the material of deep caramel tone with pale amber shading
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) wide, wood stand, box
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